After trying to do some of the sound design for my film I realised it was a much bigger job than I first thought and one that I am not as good at as I thought.
I spent a few days compiling and editing sounds for this animation however I have come to realise I need to make more of my own sound effects. At the moment I have interim ones I have sourced online from sound libraries but I want to record lots of my own foley so I can get the exact sounds that I need for the animation. I also created interim sound for the characters in my animation but I need to cast some people to play the characters so each character has their own distinct voice (even though they don't speak)
I want to get better at sound design which means I need to study it more. I've come to realise for this project that sound design like animation is very stylistic and requires very appropriate selection to create a style of SFX. Its very important that the sound effects match the animation. This is something I've been struggling with balancing real noises with distinctly cartoon ones. I've been taking note on watching whilst watching a some cartoons on how they do they sound design but they are all very different.
I think for the very final edits of the film especially when thinking about sending it to festivals I will seek collaboration for the sound design because it is something I'm not the best at and slow at doing. I understand the importance of sound and do not want bad foley to drag my film down.
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